The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...

Nature classifies all trees into three main groups. Deciduous trees shed leaves seasonally. Evergreen trees remain green year-round. Coniferous trees reproduce using cones. These categories explain ...

Fire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of trees that stretches across Alaska, Canada and other cold northern regions. Large fires have been ...

It is still evident that winter isn’t quite over because many of our deciduous trees, shrubs and vines are still leafless. Those bare plants reminded me that even though we live in Central Florida, ...

Not unlike some humans, some plants look their best naked. For example, stripped of its deciduous leaves, its curling bare branches exposed with the arrival of late autumn, the contorted hazel ...